Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1986, 11:06 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1986, 11:06 PM MDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1986, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBFF 290506 SVRVTN NEC031-290600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1106 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST CHERRY AT 11 PM MDT..RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED. PFEIFFER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 840 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 835PM CDT..A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR HALSEY NEBRASKA..50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBR- ASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PERSONS] AROUND HALSEY NEBRASKA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..BRILLIANT LIGHTNING..AND LARGE HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. COFFIN 290147
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1058 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1986 AT 1055PM CDT..AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH THOUGH EXTREME NORTH PORTION OF CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ANSELMO NEBRASKA..OR 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. PERSONS AROUND ANSELMO NEBRASKA CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN..BRILLIANT LIGHTNING..MARBLE SIZE HAIL..AND WINDS TO 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. COFFIN 290302Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 8:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Knox | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 52 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.